October 8, 2008 0 comments

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I Choose to Serve

Jesus said, "It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant." Matthew 20:26

We've been looking every week at snapshots of different choices we have that can change our lives forever. Here is a choice that will absolutely change your life.

When you decide:

My life is not going to be about myself.

I'm going to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

I can't change the world, but I can change my own destiny.

I know what God wants. I know what God's looking for.

I'm going to be a servant.

Your Christian life will never make sense to you until you learn how to serve by rolling up your sleeves and jumping in. At our church we call it "shouldering weekly kingdom responsibilities."

Until you serve, your Christian life will always be an obligation. Godly disciplines will feel like burdens until you get off the bench and into the game. Spiritually speaking, you'll never get the wind in your sails until you commit to imitating Christ in regular, humble, faithful service. You'll only know the duty and never the delight of the Christian life until you serve God with your whole heart, whatever that specifically means for you. Ecclesiastes 9:10 says, "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might." What's more, you'll never experience long-term growth in your Christian life until you serve in some kind of personal ministry.

We don't have to ask God if He wants us to serve, He has called every one of us into a lifetime of service: "It is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure." - Phil. 2:13. God wants to do something great with you—so whatever He's calling you to do, do it with your whole heart. Others may never assign greatness to your life, but in serving Christ you will know you have lived a great life.

Author:  Pastor and Speaker James MacDonald